Riviera Custom P93

Lt Ed Riviera Custom P93Semi-hollow Design, Solid Craftsmanship

Lt Ed Riviera Custom P93Ground Breaking Electronics

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Lt Ed Riviera Custom P93

The Epiphone Riviera Custom P93 is modeled after one of Epiphone’s most enduring classics, the Riviera. Introduced in the early ‘60s, the Epiphone Riviera’s semi-hollow design has been a favorite of players from all genres and generations including blues great Otis Rush, Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground and The Strokes’ Nick Valensi, who all found that the Riviera’s legendary ES-body shape could produce great tones with any pickup variation. Over the years, the Riviera has been seen with humbuckers, mini-humbuckers, and P-90s. But now the Custom P-93 has the rare distinction of giving players a new sound and a new, distinctive look.

The Riviera Custom P-93 uses not two but three Epiphone “Dogear” Alnico™ V P-90 pickups for a punch that leaves all other three single coil pickup guitars in the dust. And when matched with the bell-like tones of the ES-style body, a Bigsby® B70 tremelo, plus a stunning Metallic Gold finish with nickel hardware or Wine Red finish with gold hardware, the Riviera Custom P93 truly becomes of our era’s great instruments.

Ground Breaking Electronics: The Riviera Custom P93’s fabulous semi-hollowbody sound is voiced by three Epiphone dogear classic P90 pickups with Alnico™ V magnets. Controls include 3 individual Volume pots (for each pickup) and 1 Master Tone. The all-metal toggle works as it would with a 2-pickup guitar with the rhythm position activating the neck pickup and the lead toggle position activating the bridge pickup. The middle pickup can be used in any position by adjusting its volume control.